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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. I. 1918' [114] (123/568)
The record is made up of 1 volume (282 folios). It was created in 1918. It was written in English, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Armenian, Kurdish and Syriac. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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114
INHABITANTS
confederacy during his absence in Damascus. He was hurrying
homewards when he died—'probably from natural causes'.
He left six sons, who were thrown into prison by the Turks.
The eldest, Abdul Hamid (generally known as Hamud), died in
captivity; the others—Mamu (now about 80), Ismail (28), Khalil
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
(26), Abdul Rahman (18), and Tama (16)—were at length
released, and a part of their father's estates was restored to them.
Beraziyeh. A large group of tribes in the Sajur district, including
nomadic, semi-nomadic, and sedentary sections. They have a reputa
tion for brigandage. Partly Arabized ; many wear Arab dress and
speak Arabic.
Qaragecld. Between Veiran Shehr and Diarbekr. Nomads. Reported
by Sykes to belong to the Beraziyeh confederacy and to contain about
500 families. The Mil. Report on vol. iv (1904), reckons
the Qaragechi at 8,650 guns, about two-thirds of their fighting force
being mounted men. It gives their rifles as 250, but this number
may have greatly increased in recent years. The tribe is warlike
and turbulent.
Mirm. See above, p. 113.
OTHEE GEOXJPS
Turks and Turkomans. (a) In the cities of Diarbekr and Urfeh,
and in the districts between Diarbekr and the Euphrates there is
a Turkish-speaking element in the population. There are apparently
some nomad Turkomans in the Diarbekr vilayet.
(&) There are settled Turkomans west of Mosul at Tel A'far, and
also in the plains east of Mosul.
(c) There is a settled Turkoman population in a narrow strip
of country along the western border of the southern Kurdish hills,
extending from the neighbourhood of Altun Kcipru through Kirkuk
to Tuz Khurmatli. They form the main part of the urban population
at Altun KOprti and Kirkuk.
{d) In some of the towns of Irak (and especially, it seems, in
Baghdad) there are to be found persons claiming to be Turks, often
without justification.
(e) There are a few nomad Turkomans in northern Arabistan.
SyrianQhristians. (a) Ghaldaeans (including both the Arabic-
speaking and the Syrian-speaking sections, and Chaldaean Uniates
and Chaldaean ' Nestorians', see p. 132). These are found chiefly
in the country north and east of Mosul, in the plains and lower hills,
and in the Hakkiari mountains of central Kurdistan, on both sides
of the Zab valley (and eastwards, beyond the limits of our area, in
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This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume I, General (Naval Staff, Intelligence Department: November 1918). This is an updated and expanded edition of A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume I, General (Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Department: August 1916) (IOR/L/MIL17/15/41/1). This is an introductory volume containing matter of a general nature giving an account of conditions in Mesopotamia, for the most part as they were before the First World War.
The volume includes a note on official use, a title page and 'Note'. There is a page of 'Contents' that includes the following chapters and sections:
- Chapter 1: Boundaries and Physical Features;
- Chapter 2: Climate;
- Chapter 3: Minerals;
- Chapter 4: Fauna and Flora;
- Chapter 5: Hygiene;
- Chapter 6: History;
- Chapter 7: Inhabitants;
- Chapter 8: Religions;
- Chapter 9: Administration;
- Chapter 10: Irrigation of Irak [Iraq];
- Chapter 11: Agriculture and Land Tenure;
- Chapter 12: Commerce and Industry;
- Chapter 13: Currency, Weights, and Measures;
- Chapter 14: Communications and Transport;
- Vocabularies;
- Index.
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- 1 volume (282 folios)
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The volume is arranged in numbered chapters. There is a contents page and an alphabetically arranged index.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of the folio.
Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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